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KNUTE L. J. FRAZER, OF WVINONA, MINNESOTA.

SHINGLE-PLANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 561,103, dated June 2,1896.

Application filed February 25, 1895. Serial No. 539,591. (No model.)

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KNUTE L. J. FRAZER, of Winona, Winona county,Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Shingle- Planers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shingle-planers, its objectbeing to provide means for finishing sawed or split shingles so as totaper them uniformly on both sides; and it consists generally inproviding as attachments for the planer endless belts or chains runningover the bed of the machine and travelers or holders attached to thesechains which run in guides on the bed of the machine and are adapted toreceive the shingles and present them in proper position for the cuttersto receive the required taper. These travelers are provided with meansfor adjusting the top or bearing surface at an angle With the bed of theplaner,s as to give the stock upon it the necessary incline so that itwill give the required taper and so that the rough shingle can beequally tapered on both sides by varying the adjustment for the roughand half-planed stock.

My invention further consists in improved means for adjusting theposition of the out- In the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine,showing the position of the cutters, the endless belt, and the means forcontrolling the same. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing theendless chains for driving the travelers and the traveler-guide. Fig. 3is a vertical crosssection of the same on line 0000 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa partial detail plan view of one of the travelers. Figs. 5 and 6 aredetail side elevations of the same, illustrating the differentadjustments. Fig. 7 is a partial detail end "iew of the traveler,showing the means for connection to the chain and the lug engaging theguide. Figs. 8 and 9 are details of the wedges for adjusting thesurfaces of the traveler to receive the shingle, and Fig. 10 is a detailshowing the means for connecting the sections of the traveler together.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the machine, of any ordinaryconstruction,

the bed 2 of which is provided with a longi- A machine. Theshingle-holders or travelers.

B are connected to the chains 4 and carried thereby over the bed of themachine and under the cutters. These travelers are made up of transversesections 10, each secured by means of bolts 11 to the belt-link 12 ineach chain. The sections themselves have their adjacent edges beveled,as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 10, so that While they meet at the top,forming a continuous surface, they can be folded downward toward eachother in passing over a sprocket. The sections are connected together bymeans of the links 13, having a fixed pivot 1-1 on one member andcarrying a stud 15, which works in a slot 16 in the adjacent sectionagainst the tension of the spring 17. The traveler is guided by means ofdovetailed depending lugs 18 upon the sections, which run in thecorresponding dovetailed guide 19 upon the bed of the machine, thetraveler being further controlled and directed by the side guides 20,upon which bear the lugs 21. These lugs are connected to thetraveler-sections by means of screws 22, and interposed between eachsection and the lugs are wedges'23, which have slotted holes 24:,through which the screws pass. In making the first cut on the stockthese wedges are placed so that the screws stand at the ends of theslots toward the thin end of the wedge, but in making a second cut inorder to give the proper taper the screws are loosened and the wedgesthrust forward sufficiently to give the proper incline to the bed of thetraveler, and the screws are then tightened.

The planer-head or cutter 25 is driven by means of the belt 26 from thedrive-wheel 27, running over the pulley 28, and the position of thecutter is vertically adjusted by means of the screws 29, arranged one ateach side of the machine and having a beveled-gear connection 30 withthe counter-shaft 31, whereby both ends of the cutter-head are raisedand lowered simultaneously and uniformly.

The feed-rolls 32 and 33 are driven as follows: The belt 34, runningover a pulley 35 011 the main driving'shaft 36, runs over the pulley 37and the idlers 38 and 39 of the belt tighteners C. ion 40, which mesheswith the gear i1, which gear carries a pinion 42, meshing with the gear43, which carries the pulley 9 for driving the belt 8, and also a pinion44. upon the opposite end of its shaft. This pinion engages the gear 45,which in turn meshes With the idlers 4:6 and 47, connected by links l8and if) with the shaft of the gear 45. These idler-gears mesh,respectively, with the gears 50 and 51, which are connected by means ofthe links 52 and 53 with the shafts of the gears 40 and 47. By thismeans the feed-rolls are constantly geared to the driving mechanism, nomatter in what position they may be adjusted. The necessary adjustmentis attained by means of the screws 54: and 55, threaded in the frames 56and 57 and carrying sliding journal-box carriers 58 and 59, whichreceive the journal-boxes of the feedrolls. The screws at the ends ofthe rolls are connected together by means of shafts (J0 and 61, having aworm-gear connection 62 with the screw at each end, whereby the ad justment of both ends of the rolls is necessarily uniform. The rolls arefurther automatically adjustable by means of the cushion-springs (33over the journal-boxes, by means of which any inequalities of surfaceupon the stock are compensated for. At the rear of the feedroll 32 isjournaled the freely-turnin g roll 64,

to prevent the stock rising and getting out of place in passing throughthe machine.

Operation: In use the rough stock is placed upon the traveler with theadj listing-wedges flush with the ends of the sections, as shown in Fig.5. The traveler is then passed through the machine, so that the stockreceives its out 011 one side. The stock is then reversed upon thetraveler with the finished face down and the wedges adjusted, as in Fig.6, when it is ready to be passed through the machine to receive theproper taper upon the other side. In order to give the proper incline tothe bed of the traveler, the wedges for the diiferent sections aredifferently adjusted, the wedges for each section being driven infarther than those for the next forward section. It will thus be evidentthat any desired incline of The pulley 37 carries the pinthe top orbearing surface of the traveler can be attained.

I claim 1. In a planer of the class described, a stockholder ortraveler, comprising in combination the sectional stock-bed, the lugs orguideblocks, and the adjustable wedges interposed between said sectionsand blocks for varying the incline of the top or bearing surface of thebed.

2. In a planer of the class described, a stockholder or traveler,comprising in combination, the stoclcbed, made up of sections, the lugsor guide-blocks therefor, the interposed slotted wedges for adjustingthe incline of the bed with reference to the blocks, and the screwssecuring said blocks to the bed and passing through the slots in saidwedges.

3. In a planer of the class described, the combination of thelongitudinal dovetail guide in the bed of the machine, the endlesschains running parallel with said guide, the traveler having its bedmade of transverse sections and being provided with a dovetail lugtraveling in said guide, and the adjustable wedges between said lug andsections for varying the incline of the top or bearing surface of thetraveler.

4. In a planer, the combination with the guides upon the machine and theendless chains running parallel with said guides, of the travelerssecured to and carried by said chains, made up of flexibly-connectedsections, the lugs carried by said sections and traveling in saidguides, and the separate adjusting means for said sections, whereby theincline of the top or bearing surface of the traveler with reference tothe lugs may be varied.

5. A flexible carrier or traveler made up of sections having top andbottom members and means for vertically adjusting the relative positionof said members.

6. In a planer of the class described, comprising in combination thetraveler having its stock-bed made up of transverse sections, thelink-and-pin connection for said sections, the guide blocks or lugs, andthe wedges interposed between said lugs and sections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KNUTE L. J. FRAZER.

Witnesses:

SMrrn JoHNsoN, D. E. VANCE.

